The Battle of Tuyutí was an engagement during the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. It was fought on May 24, 1866, with the forces aligned as follows:[1][2][3]
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Abbreviations used
editMilitary rank
edit- Gen = General
- BG = Brigadier general
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
Paraguayan Army
editCommander | Column | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
Gen. Vicente Barrios |
1st Attacking Column |
|
2nd Attacking Column |
| |
Col. José E. Díaz |
3rd Attacking Column |
|
Col. Hilario Marcó |
4th Attacking Column |
|
Gen. José María Bruguez |
Reserves |
|
Imperial Brazilian Army
editGen. Manuel Luís Osório
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
1st Division
|
8th Brigade
|
|
10th Brigade
|
| |
3rd Division
|
5th Brigade
|
|
7th Brigade |
| |
4th Division
|
11th Brigade
|
|
13th Brigade
|
| |
6th Division
|
12th Brigade
|
|
14th Brigade |
| |
2nd Cavalry Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
4th Brigade
|
| |
5th Cavalry Division
|
3rd Brigade
|
|
15th Brigade
|
| |
Volunteer Cavalry Brigade
|
3rd Brigade
|
|
Artillery Train
|
N/A | |
17th Brigade
|
| |
19th Brigade
|
|
Argentine Army
editGen. Bartolomé Mitre
I Army Corps
editGen. Wenceslao Paunero
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
1st Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
2nd Division
|
3rd Brigade
|
|
4th Brigade
|
| |
3rd Division
|
5th Brigade
|
|
6th Brigade
|
| |
4th Division
|
7th Brigade
|
|
8th Brigade
|
| |
Attached Units |
Cavalry Brigade
|
|
Artillery Brigade
|
|
II Army Corps
editDivision | Regiments and Others |
---|---|
1st Division
|
|
2nd Division
|
|
3rd Division
|
|
4th Division
|
|
Cavalry Division
|
|
Artillery Section
|
|
National Army of Uruguay
editDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
Uruguayan Division
|
1st Infantry Brigade
|
|
2nd Infantry Brigade
|
| |
Cavalry Brigade
|
|
References
edit- ^ Esposito, Gabriele (October 31, 2019). The Paraguayan War 1864–70: The Triple Alliance at Stake in La Plata. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 55–57. ISBN 9781472834416. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ Esposito, Gabriele (March 20, 2015). Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864–70: Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay & Argentina. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472807274. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ "A Batalha de Tuiuti". Quartel-General do Exército (in Portuguese). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2022.